Few posts sparked the kind of outrage that broke out after I told you about Lionsgate’s plan to produce a remake of American Psycho set in modern-day New York, from a pitch by Noble Jones. Because it’s such a comment on 80s excess, people understandably have a hard time imagining American Psycho in any other era. Sources say one angry film lover even went so far as to call Lionsgate offices, telling the receptionist, “You f*cking ugly bitch. I want you to clean your vagina.”

In the meantime, it turns out that one person who’s okay with the idea is Bret Easton Ellis, who wrote the damned thing in the first place. Not many acclaimed novelists begin tweets with “haters beware,” but then not many novelists

Haters beware: I just had a long discussion with Noble Jones, the writer/director of the “new” American Psycho movie. His take is genuine…

Although he sounds like a black superhero, Noble Jones is actually a second unit director on The Social Network. (I think he might be this guy, but it’s unclear). Meanwhile, Easton tweeted earlier (seriously, dude loves twitter, and has even more opinions about movies than me) that his casting choice for Patrick Bateman was either Miles Fisher (who?) or Scott Disick. Yes, Scott Disick as in Kourtney Kardashian’s boyfriend. I don’t know whether he can act, but he’s certainly got the dressing-like-Patrick-Bateman part down. And if you ask me, any dude who shaves his pits is probably a serial killer.

Still, I hope Rampage Jackson in The A-Team has taught us all a valuable lesson about not casting people because they seem like a real-life version of the character.

UPDATE: This video is the reason he mentioned Miles Fisher, apparently. This post really brought out the Miles Fisher fans, and this is certainly the first time I’ve ever typed that phrase.

Cant it be said he has a detachment from the material at this point? Another paycheck without having to do anything sounds like I would endorse that shit too. Especially after already having a good movie based on the material.

Scott Disick is into that whole Kardashian thing. For one thing, I think he was probably a closet homosexual who did a lot of cocaine and is best known for a soulless reality show centered around a disgusting family who lucked into fame because their daughter got pumped by a D-list black rapper on tape. That whole Kardashian thing

Bret Easton Ellis has mistaken me for this dickhead Scott Disick. It seems logical because Scott also works at *fart noise* and in fact does the same exact thing I do and also has a penchant for Valentino suits and Oliver Peoples glasses. Scott and I even go to the same barber, although I have a slightly better haircut.

With that being said, Miles Fisher was very good in his brief stint on Mad Men.

Yet another person who seems to fail to understand that making a remake of a movie is entirely pointless unless you think you can make it better. And then you’re getting into dangerous territory, because unless the original was a gigantic suckfest (Last House on the Left) the Remake will end up failing to even begin to compare and just piss off the fans even more. It’s a dickish move to take a movie that was already really really good and greatly loved and try to “remake” it, because you’re basically sticking a giant middle finger out of your ass at the original, its crew and its fans, because you’re saying “You suck, I can do better and I’ll prove it.” And then you end up failing horribly.

I hate that I know this, but him picking Scott Disick might have something to do with the fact that he did a pretty spot-on impression of Bateman for some prank on the show (that was the only reason I took the two minutes to actually leave that show on, I swear). I can’t find any video of it though.